Federal funds for forests include Oregon, California
$31-million in federal funds planned for forest landscape restoration include projects in Southern Oregon and Northern California involving the Rogue Basin, Lakeview and Western Klamath Mountains. The Biden-Harris Administration and U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Forest Service announced the funding today for 15 projects that “aim to reduce the risk of severe wildfires, support local economies, create jobs and enhance forest and watershed health in eight states … [including] $3 million to the Western Klamath Mountains Fire and Fire Resiliency Project … [and] $3 million in the North Yuba River watershed across 356,000 acres.
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